Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 164 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 45% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.28 on Friday, March 13th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 12, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.72 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.48% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 242,259 acre feet

This is 146.89% of the average of 164,922 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 118,760 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 115,177 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 123,499 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 265.91% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 53.37% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -3.23 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.42 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.42 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
6033.28
0.05
991,801
816
303
67.3
33.4
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6033.23
0.02
991,302
715
301
64.6
29.3
Wed, Mar 11, 2026
6033.21
0.02
991,103
575
303
62.4
34.9
Tue, Mar 10, 2026
6033.19
0.01
990,904
715
302
68.9
30.9
Mon, Mar 09, 2026
6033.18
0.03
990,805
818
305
67.3
28.6
Sun, Mar 08, 2026
6033.15
0.04
990,506
869
307
63.7
27.7
Sat, Mar 07, 2026
6033.11
0.03
990,108
816
305
52.9
23.9
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
6033.08
0.04
989,809
669
305
48.0
31.5
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
6033.04
0.01
989,411
499
301
61.9
30.6
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
6033.03
0.03
989,312
580
299
63.0
31.1
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
6033.00
0.06
989,014
716
305
58.6
37.4
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
6032.94
0.05
988,417
665
304
68.9
34.2
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
6032.89
0.03
987,920
565
305
71.4
34.9
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6032.86
0.04
987,622
616
307
61.3
33.1
Averages of List
6033.09
0.03
989,860
688.1
303.7
62.9
31.5

Averages for March 13th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.45
-14.17
1,204,747
1349.02
865.83
59.80
31.40
All-Time
6032.65
0.63
1,093,014
1273.94
871.83
59.80
31.40

Last 10 March 13th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Mar 13, 2025
6036.51
-3.23
1,024,408
509
398
49.7
31.9
Wed, Mar 13, 2024
6041.33
-8.05
1,074,684
500
392
50.0
39.9
Mon, Mar 13, 2023
6019.06
14.22
857,813
1785
310
54.7
32.0
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
6017.74
15.54
846,174
241
393
60.0
24.0
Sat, Mar 13, 2021
6033.69
-0.41
1,046,145
231
413
42.0
24.0
Fri, Mar 13, 2020
6055.65
-22.37
1,293,454
706
426
56.0
40.0
Wed, Mar 13, 2019
6019.19
14.09
904,288
5958
304
53.0
31.0
Tue, Mar 13, 2018
6051.34
-18.06
1,241,380
459
367
63.0
27.0
Mon, Mar 13, 2017
6060.55
-27.27
1,354,802
2366
586
66.0
39.0
Sun, Mar 13, 2016
6065.60
-32.32
1,420,723
1329
421
n/a
n/a
Averages of List
6040.27
-6.99
1,108,538
1100
485
56.1
31.7


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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